Senior Manager - Talent Acquisition For Banking Industry

Skillventory; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Skillventory in Mumbai leads large-scale talent acquisition for Retail Liabilities, overseeing bulk frontline hiring, campus programs, and vendor governance across Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Goa.

You will drive sourcing pipelines, manage SLAs, and optimize cost-per-hire while guiding a recruitment team through high-volume cycles and campus drives.

Qualifications

• Experience in leading high-volume frontline hiring across multiple states.
• Proven ability to design multi-channel sourcing pipelines and manage SLAs.
• Strong vendor management, analytics, and stakeholder liaison skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end bulk hiring for Retail Branch Banking and Liabilities.
• Own campus hiring strategy, empanelment, and onboarding programs.
• Coach and manage recruiters, team leads, and coordinators; manage vendor partnerships.

Skills

Volume Hiring

Campus Hiring

Vendor Management

Team Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Analytics

Tools

ATS/Recruitment Platform

Job description

Job Profile: Talent Acquisition (Bulk & Campus Hiring - Retail Liabilities)

Location: Mumbai (Handling Branches in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Goa)

Job Summary

Lead and execute large-scale, high-velocity talent acquisition for the Retail Branch Banking (Liabilities) vertical. This role owns end-to-end frontline bulk hiring, lateral liability recruitment (CASA, Wealth/Affluent, Branch Operations), annual campus hiring programs, and team governance to support aggressive branch network expansion.

Key Responsibilities & Deliverables

1. Volume & Frontline Hiring (Retail Branch Banking and Liabilities)

a. Drive high-volume sourcing and rapid ramp-up for frontline and middle-management liability profiles, including Branch Managers (BM), Branch Sales Managers (BSM), Relationship Managers (RM - CASA / Elite / NRI), Sales Officers / Acquisition Managers, and Branch Operations (CSO/CSM).

b. Design multi-channel sourcing pipelines (Direct Sourcing, Job Portals, Walk-in Drives, Employee Referrals, Local Community Sourcing, and Staffing Vendors) to ensure a steady pipeline across multi-state branch footprints.

c. Manage strict hiring SLAs, focusing on minimizing Time-to-Fill (TAT), optimizing Cost-per-Hire (CPH), and driving high Offer-to-Joining ratios.

2. Campus Recruitment Strategy & Execution

a. Formulate and execute the annual Campus Hiring Strategy across B-Schools and undergraduate colleges for Sales Trainee / Management Trainee batches.

b. Own campus relationship building, empanelment, branding, pre-placement talks (PPTs), assessment coordination, and final selection drives.

c. Manage post-offer engagement programs to curb early dropouts and ensure smooth onboarding for campus cohorts.

3. Team Leadership & Channel Governance

a. Lead, mentor, and track the daily productivity of a recruitment team (recruiters, team leads, and off-roll/contract coordinators).

b. Manage recruitment vendor partnerships (RPO, staffing agencies, local consultants), conducting regular vendor performance evaluations and SLA audits.

c. Institute daily allocation huddles, open-requisition tracking, and stage-gate conversion monitoring.

4. Stakeholder Management & Operational Excellence

a. Partner closely with Regional Heads, Zonal Heads, and Circle Heads (Liabilities) to forecast manpower demands, branch launch timelines, and attrition backfills.

b. Coordinate with Onboarding, HR Operations, and Background Verification (BGV) teams to ensure 100% compliance with banking statutory standards and audit readiness.

c. Monitor hiring analytics, publishing weekly/monthly dashboards on source mix, early-life attrition, and channel efficiency to HR leadership.